1. Our baseball team's pitcher has a few eccentric habits, such as throwing exactly thirteen warm-up pitches and never wearing socks.
a. normal
b. strange
c. messy
2. After the heavy rains, the stream became murky; in fact, the water was so cloudy you couldn't see the bottom.
a. cloudy
b. bottomless
C. clear
3. The debris on the stadium floor included numerous paper cups, ticket stubs, and cigarette butts.
a. products
b. papers
c. trash
4. The coach takes every opportunity to censure his players, yet he ignores every opportunity to praise them.
a. approve of
b. criticize
C. choose
5. The newlyweds agreed to be very fruga! in their shopping because they wanted to save enough money to buy a house.
a. economical
b. wasteful
c. interested
6. Although Alex usually looks unkempt, he had a very neat appearance at his job interview.
a. orderly
b. handsome
C. messy
7. I'm looking for a unique gift for my boyfriend; he appreciates unusual things. a. example
b. synonym
c. antonym / contrast
8. Expecting that his license would be renewed, the pilot was surprised when it was revoked instead.
a. example
b. synonym
c. antonym
9. I thought the painting of the waves crashing into the shore was very picturesque, however, I thought the one next to it was quite ugly.
a. visually pleasing, enchanting
b. evoking vivid images
c. differing from the norm
10. "Sally likes to dress ostentatiously. I've never seen her wear a dull color.” Which phrase from the sentence best helps clarify the meaning of ostentatiously?
a. likes to dress
b. dull color
c. never seen her wear​